| RefNo | EC/1765/06 |
| Previous numbers | Cert II, 309; A03181 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Harrison, William: certificate of election to the Royal Society |
| Citation | Mr William Harrison of East Street Red Lyon Square, being desirous of the honour of becoming a Member of this Society, Is recommended by us as a Person well skilled in Mechanicks, and several other useful other parts of Mechanical learning, and well known to the learned not only in this Kingdom, but several parts of Europe, for his careful Experiments for the discovery of the Longitude at Sea and therefore we think he will be an useful member of this Society. |
| Proposers | Sidney Stafford Smythe; Benjamin Franklin; W. Sotheby; Richard Wilbraham; John Pringle; Daniel Wray; Anthony Shepherd; Walter Bowman; George Savile; John Campbell; Nevil Maskelyne; Charles Morton; Taylor White; William Watson; George L. Scott; Charles Gray; Gowin Knight; William Heberden; Samuel Wegg; James Short; John Lock; William Stukeley; Thomas Birch. |
| AccessStatus | Open |
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Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA7845 | Harrison; William (1728 - 1815) | 1728 - 1815 |